China and Japan will promote sustained economic cooperation and strengthen their mutually beneficial strategic relationship at an economic forum this weekend, China's Ministry of Commerce announced Tuesday.
An opinion poll conducted simultane-ously in China and Japan has had encouraging results: The majority of the respondents from both countries view bilateral ties as very important and see a brighter future for them.
With the 65th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender approaching on Sunday, another top Japanese official has openly admitted the inappropriateness of visiting the Yasukuni Shrine where war criminals are enshrined.
China bought more Japanese bonds than it sold for a sixth straight month in June, heading for the biggest annual increase since at least 2005.
Japan's new prime minister shunned a visit to a shrine that has outraged Asian neighbors for honoring war criminals, breaking from past governments' tradition and instead apologizing Sunday for the suffering WWII caused. Calls for peace mark war commemorations
A delegation from Nagasaki, Japan embarks its 3-day visit to Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian province.
Chinese President Hu Jintao met new Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan in Toronto on Sunday, and they discussed bilateral ties.
China's bathing culture has a long and colorful history going back 5,000 years. But now Gokurakuyu, Japan's largest spa operator, is muscling in on the warm tubs and pools of the Middle Kingdom.